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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Piotr Rokicki (ranked 1804 p4p, 1761 weight class) and Michel Pereira (ranked 260 p4p, 256 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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27 - 17 - 0 |
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Piotr Rokicki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Michel Pereira!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Francis DeMontford and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rokicki throws a right and a left that Pereira avoids nicely.
A little jabbing left from Pereira on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Pereira dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rokicki. That did some damage!
Rokicki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pereira moves away.
Pereira moves out of range of the body kick from Rokicki.
Rokicki cracks Pereira with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Pereira takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rokicki takes the fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rokicki digs a right hand into Pereira's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pereira's gas tank.
Rokicki misses with the head strike.
Rokicki lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rokicki dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Rokicki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rokicki lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pereira backwards.
Rokicki pushes Pereira back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rokicki holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Pereira tries a knee to the head but Rokicki blocks it.
Rokicki leaning against his opponent.
Rokicki can't find room to land a body shot as Pereira controls the action.
Pereira unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pereira looking to throw knees to the head but Rokicki is blocking nicely.
Rokicki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pereira is defending well for now.
Pereira looking to throw knees to the head but Rokicki is blocking nicely.
Rokicki misses with a body punch.
Rokicki just leaning against Pereira, taking a breather.
Pereira avoids a wild elbow strike from Rokicki.
A hook to the body from Pereira.
Pereira blocks a body shot from Rokicki.
Pereira tries to land a knee to the head but Rokicki blocks with his arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pereira using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rokicki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rokicki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pereira's elbow.
Rokicki tries to work over Pereira's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Pereira on the inside.
Pereira tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rokicki's elbow.
Pereira with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pereira tries a knee to the head but Rokicki blocks it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pereira tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pereira blocks the elbow strike.
Pereira lands a body shot.
Rokicki pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pereira looking to throw knees to the head but Rokicki is blocking nicely.
Pereira swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rokicki is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Pereira lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rokicki tries to throw a body punch but Pereira avoids it by throwing Rokicki back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rokicki cracks Pereira with a nice body shot.
Pereira dodges an elbow strike from Rokicki.
Pereira lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rokicki backwards.
Rokicki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rokicki tries a body shot but Pereira blocks it.
Pereira is leaning against Rokicki and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pereira misses with a punch to the body.
Rokicki struggles to land a body shot inside as Pereira controls his hands.
Rokicki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rokicki blocks an uppercut.
Pereira misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pereira working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pereira landing knees to the body.
Pereira makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pereira tries a knee to the head but Rokicki blocks it.
Rokicki looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pereira prevents a body shot from Rokicki.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rokicki swings wildly with an uppercut but Pereira uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rokicki avoiding damage as Pereira throws knees to the body.
Rokicki misses with a punch to the body.
Rokicki throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice body punch from Pereira - that landed with a thud.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rokicki throws a punch but it's blocked by Pereira.
Pereira tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pereira with a knee to the head.
It looks like Piotr Rokicki has been cut.
Pereira looking to throw knees to the head but Rokicki is blocking nicely.
Pereira blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pereira tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rokicki avoids it.
Rokicki just leaning against Pereira, taking a breather.
Pereira misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pereira lands with a short shot to the head.
A right hand to the body from Pereira.
Pereira avoids the elbow strike from Rokicki, against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Michel Pereira will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Piotr Rokicki's cut.
That's time! Rokicki's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Rokicki moves out of range of the strikes.
Pereira works over Rokicki's head and body with a nice combination.
Rokicki cracks Pereira with a right hand to the side of the head.
Pereira swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pereira scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Rokicki lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Pereira scores with a punch to the head.
Rokicki tries to clinch up but Pereira circles away and keeps his distance.
Despite the aggression on Pereira's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Rokicki rushes Pereira and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pereira tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pereira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Rokicki as the two fighters clinch.
Our sources have told us that Rokicki has been working on his elbows in the gym.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pereira using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rokicki throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pereiras head.
Pereira tries to land a knee to the head but Rokicki blocks with his arms.
Rokicki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pereira's elbow.
Rokicki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A shot in the inside from Pereira.
Pereira lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rokicki is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Pereira avoids the elbow strike from Rokicki, against the cage.
Pereira with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pereira working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short body shot lands from Rokicki as the two fighters clinch.
Pereira misses with a knee strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pereira blocks an elbow strike.
Pereira misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rokicki.
Pereira has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pereira tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rokicki avoids it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rokicki.
Pereira with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pereira lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rokicki backwards.
Pereira takes an elbow to the forehead.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rokicki.
Pereira working aggressively here.
Rokicki working aggressively here.
Rokicki tries to work over Pereira's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pereira lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rokicki backwards.
Pereira misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rokicki lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Pereira.
Rokicki misses with the head strike.
Pereira has a couple of punches blocked by Rokicki.
Pereira misses with a knee strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rokicki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pereira working Rokicki over with knees to the body.
Pereira misses with some punches.
Rokicki lands with a short shot to the head.
A short uppercut from Pereira.
Rokicki throws a punch but it's blocked by Pereira.
Rokicki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pereira has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pereira pushes Rokicki back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pereira connects with a knee to the head.
Pereira misses with a knee to the head.
Rokicki struggles to land a body shot inside as Pereira controls his hands.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rokicki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pereira misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rokicki trying to stall but Pereira improves his position.
Pereira lands a knee to the head.
Pereira blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pereira throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rokicki blocks it with crossed arms.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pereira using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rokicki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pereira cracks Rokicki with a nice body shot.
Pereira unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rokicki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pereira misses with a knee strike.
Pereira misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Rokicki.
Rokicki working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pereira lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pereira prevents a body shot from Rokicki.
Rokicki can't find room to land a body shot as Pereira controls the action.
A left hand lands to the body for Pereira.
Pereira tries to land a knee to the head but Rokicki blocks with his arms.
Rokicki struggles to land a body shot inside as Pereira controls his hands.
Rokicki is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Pereira scores with a knee to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Michel Pereira showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Piotr Rokicki's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Rokicki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pereira.
Michel Pereira seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A nice leg kick from Rokicki, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rokicki scores with a body shot.
Pereira attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Rokicki tries to counter with a takedown but Pereira is quick to defend against it.
Pereira cracks Rokicki with a good jab.
A nice leg kick from Pereira, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pereira misses with a two punch combination.
Rokicki feinted with a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pereira throws a one two combo.
Rokicki shoots and misses
and Pereira counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Piotr Rokicki's cut is getting worse.
Rokicki throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rokicki chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pereira can pounce on him.
Pereira blocks a head kick by Rokicki.
Nice defenses there by Rokicki.
Pereira throws a nice looking combination but Rokicki bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pereira fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Pereira swings widly with a right hand
and Rokicki counters with a straight right hand.
Rokicki takes one to the chin there.
The fighters circling - Pereira throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rokicki tries to counter by clinching up but Pereira breaks away and moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pereira swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pereira buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pereira pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It looked like Rokicki was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Pereira lands an overhand right.
Rokicki tries to clinch but Pereira moves out of range.
Pereira throws a combination that misses
and Rokicki makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rokicki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rokicki misses with a body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rokicki. That's going to slow Pereira down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rokicki fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pereira is looking for the big counter here.
Rokicki ducks under a wild hook from Pereira.
Rokicki feinted with a counter takedown.
Pereira looks to land a left hand but Rokicki moved out of range nicely.
Rokicki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pereira.
As Pereira backs away, Rokicki returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A nice leg kick from Pereira, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rokicki misses with a series of wild punches.
Pereira looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rokicki on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Piotr Rokicki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rokicki changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rokicki is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pereira.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pereira. Rokicki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rokicki seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Rokicki takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rokicki misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rokicki fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Pereira avoids it really well and circles away.
A shot to the liver by Pereira. Beautiful body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michel Pereira comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pereira has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 27:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michel Pereira!
A very excited looking Michel Pereira made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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